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Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 12:00 AM

Carolyn Evans, a senior economist at Intel Corporation, has been named senior assistant dean for graduate business programs in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, beginning January 27.

“Dr. Evans’ academic expertise and industry experience make her an exceptional choice to lead the growth of our Graduate Business program,” said Dean Drew Starbird, in making the announcement. “Her leadership will be significant as we strengthen our flexible MBA offerings and add new master’s degrees to serve a diverse Silicon Valley workforce.”

Evans was most recently senior economist in the sales and marketing division at Intel Corporation. Previously she had served as associate professor of economics, and faculty director of the undergraduate business program at Santa Clara University. She was a senior economist for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and served as senior staff economist on the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House.

She earned the AB, AM and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, and holds a master’s of science degree from the London School of Economics.

Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2012 11:51 AM

U.S. News & World Report magazine has ranked the part-time Master of Business Administration program at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business No. 41 in the nation, out of of 326 part-time M.B.A. programs, based on peer evaluations and the caliber of entering students.

In addition, the Executive MBA program was listed #15 nationally.

The information was released Monday by editors of U.S. News & World Report's “Best Graduate Schools 2013” edition.

“We’re pleased to see that the U.S. News ranking has again placed SCU among the top part-time programs in the nation,” said S. Andrew Starbird, dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. “While no rankings are without flaws, we appreciate being recognized for our innovative programs like entrepreneurship, our high-quality students, our extensive Silicon Valley connections, and the strong reputation of our faculty in areas like behavioral finance, business ethics, and international management.”

Last year, when the rankings were based solely on nominations by higher-education institutions with part-time MBA programs, SCU’s program was ranked No. 50 in the country. The Executive MBA was ranked No. 18.